As of this year, The Walking Dead will be a permanent, year-round staple at Universal Studios Hollywood. The theme park walk-through attraction was previously offered as a seasonal maze, but that’s about to change, according to Entertainment Weekly:
“Thanks to popular demand for the undead, Universal Studios Hollywood has announced a permanent residency of its immersive The Walking Dead walk-through attraction, which up until now has only been offered as a seasonal (and very highly-attended) maze for guests of the theme park’s Halloween Horror Nights.
Prepare to be spooked year-round by the re-imagined, enhanced version of the attraction, based on AMC’s corporeal cable series, when the attraction opens in summer 2016. The addition comes just months after the park’s game-changing Wizarding World of Harry Potter opens in April.”
Read more here.
Mother Teresa will be declared an official Catholic saint this year, thanks to Pope Francis, who made the announcement earlier today.
Refinery29 explains:
NBC News reports that the decision to canonize the nun, famed for working with the poor in India, comes after Pope Francis approved a decree determining that she had performed the two miracles required for full sainthood.
She is credited with providing divine intervention in the case of a Brazilian man suffering from a viral brain infection. After praying to Mother Teresa, the man recovered and went on to father two children, despite being diagnosed as sterile.
Mother Teresa was first beatified in 2003, after an Indian woman credited her with curing her cancer.
The canonization is expected to take place next September, which marks the 19th anniversary of her death. It would also coincide with the pontiff’s Holy Year of Mercy.
September 4th marks the official day of Mother Teresa’s canonization.
Kanye West, Ellie Goulding, and more are using their musical influence for greatness. According to the latest reports, a slew of artists will come together for a joint Global Citizens album.
From Pitchfork:
Kanye West, The National, and Ellie Goulding are among the first artists announced to contribute to Metamorphoses, a forthcoming compilation album from Global Citizen. Helmed by Mumford & Sons’ Ben Lovett and Global Citizen co-founder and CEO Hugh Evans, the project will include 12 new songs with crowd-sourced lyrics from around the world. More artists will be announced soon; lyrical submissions are open until March 31, ahead of the record’s release this fall.”
Check out the trailer above.
If you’re wondering what Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg‘s Sausage Party is about, we’ve got answers.
The trailer for what is sure to be a hysterical film is here and as Miss Info explains, it’s the “food-oriented (and innuendo-heavy) version of Toy Story.”
Check out the clip above to get a feel for what you’re in for come August 12th.
When it comes to music, radio phenom Angie Martinez has seen it all, so it’s only right she pen her own memoir, appropriately titled My Voice.
From Stuff Fly People Like:
In ‘MY VOICE’ Angie shares her personal recollections. From her roots in Washington Heights to her formative years being raised by a single mom in Brooklyn, she quickly found her calling while answering phones at Hot 97 as a teenager. After getting her first shot behind the mic at Hot 97, she burst on the scene as a young female jock whose on-air “Battle of the Beats” not only broke records but also became a proving ground for emerging artists like a young JAY Z, she quickly became known for intimate conversations with artists such as her interview with the late Tupac Shakur in Los Angeles. His last no-holds-barred interview has never been discussed in detail– until now.
This’ll be interesting. My Voice is available on May 17th at bookstores and digital retailers; pre-order it here.
SOURCE: EW, Refinery29, Pitchfork, Miss Info, StuffFlyPeopleLike | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty, AMC
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